Last night I had a pleasant encounter with a couple of drivers. We spend a lot of electrons on this forum complaining about drivers so I think it's nice to be able to write something positive once in a while. It was no big deal really: It was a typical poorly designed bike lane that tranformed into a right-turn-only lane at the intersection. I was stopped waiting for the light and a heard a friendly toot-toot behind me. The driver waved and smiled and pointed to the right. I scooted over and waved her through. She smiled and waved again as she turned right. Then the guy in the pickup following behind her said, "Thank you, sir!" I waved and said, "Thank you" back. Again, no big deal but that's what was nice about it.

Last night's weather forecast said it would be clear and warm this morning and I went to bed looking forward to riding the Caldaro to work. Instead it was dark, with gray black clouds that looked like they could be full of rain. So I rode the fixed gear again. Still, a very pleasant ride on a new route that gave me an easy 15 miles.